Kids Against Hunger®
of Hastings Photo Gallery
How We Got Started
Members of the Hastings Kiwanis Club, concerned about the growing tragedy of
world hunger, formed a new committee within the club to find a way to make a
difference. After several meetings by the committee and a trip to the Lincoln
KAH satellite, a plan was put into motion to form a KAH satellite in Hastings.
Completed boxes are shrink wrapped and ready to feed hungry children throughout the world.
Packaging lines awaiting volunteers to help combat world hunger.
Members from our Hastings club are shown the process in Lincoln.
Jesse takes a turn scooping ingredients into the food bags.
Getting instructions on what to do next.
Observing how easy it is to package food for hungry children everywhere.
One completed bag means six people will not go hungry today.
This single box contains 216 meals!
The Hastings KAH committee meets to plan our own satellite.
The KAH committee wants you to fight world hunger!
Completed boxes are shrink wrapped and ready to feed hungry children throughout the world.
New Hastings Satellite
On October 25, 2008 the Hastings KAH satellite was born with the shipment of
startup materials and food supplies. Several Kiwanis volunteers helped load the
shipment on a trailer to transport it to it's new home in the Manual Arts
building of the old Middle School. More volunteers joined the group at the
Manual Arts building to unload the shipment by hand and stock it in the new
location.
Our startup shipment for the Hastings Kids Against Hunger satellite location
Kids Against Hunger of Hastings
Loading the the supplies on a trailer to take to the new Hastings satellite location
Kiwanis volunteers with the loaded trailer
The trailer arrives at the new Hastings site
Getting ready to unload at the Manual Arts building
Opening the door to an exciting new adventure for Kiwanis and Hastings
Careful Mary, don't cut the rice bags
Hard to believe but in twenty minutes, this trailer will be empty
Dan and Mary start unloading bags of rice. The Manual Arts building of the old Middle School is the new home of the Hastings Satellite.
The first load off the trailer is finding it's way to pallets in the new room for KAH
Making sure everything gets stacked straight
Carefully unloading the 300 pound container of seasoning
Tom, Dave, and Josh start unloading the 50 pound bags of textured vegetable protein
Getting ready to stack the first bags of TVP to arrive inside
The stack is growing, we're almost done
A few bags had a rough ride, Mary is getting them all ship shape
Josh, a former Key Club President, was one of many volunteers
Kiwanis volunteers inside the Hastings satellite with it's initial shipment of food supplies
Unpacking the new equipment and checking off the packing list
It's just like a bunch of children on Christmas morning!
Oohh, what's in this box?
Boxes of vegetable product waiting to be bagged and shipped
President and Past President there to make sure we do it right
Everything's here and we're ready to get started
Our startup shipment for the Hastings Kids Against Hunger satellite location
Hastings KAH Gets Trained
On Saturday morning November 8, 2008 Tim Strommer with KAH International,
returned to his home town of Hastings to train our Hastings Kiwanis Club how to
package the life-saving KAH food packets. Members of Kiwanis and the Hastings
Senior High Key Club learned how quick and easy it is to make a difference in
the battle against world hunger. During the two hours, the group of volunteers
packaged over 2000 meals!
Kiwanians and Key Club students working together to demonstrate KAH to the local media.
Demonstrating to the media, how easy it is to package food to combat world hunger.
A former Hastings resident, Tim Strommer trains the Hastings Kiwanians how to package KAH food packets.
We listen intently to Tim Strommer as he talks to us about KAH.
Training complete, Kiwanians practice the packaging process.
Packing food packets is easy and fun! It also gives you a good feeling to know that you are helping save starving children.
In a little over an hour, we packaged over 2000 meals.
Kiwanians and Key Club students working together to demonstrate KAH to the local media.
Hastings KAH Kick Off Fundraiser Event November 9, 2008
On Sunday November 9, 2008 KAH of Hastings officially got underway. Our kickoff
event at the Adams County Fairgrounds, gave people a chance to see what Kids
Against Hunger® is all about. Members of Kiwanis and Key Club were on hand
to serve BBQ pork sandwiches for a free will donation to raise money for the KAH
of Hastings satellite. Packaging tables were also set up to demonstrate how the
meal packets are made and to allow the public to join in the fun. Kiwanians, Key
Clubbers, and members of the community, packaged over 5000 meals during the
event!
The serving line at our KAH fundraiser.
Serving up delicious pork sandwiches to raise money for KAH.
Preparing bowls of coleslaw and potato salad for the serving lines.
Don and our newest member, Tim, waiting for the next hungry customer.
Key Club members and Kiwanians, help show people how to package KAH food packets.
It looks like we have a full house!
These smiling Kiwanians are waiting to serve you to raise money for KAH.
Leo, Karen, and Ed at the donation table. They can tell you anything you want to know about KAH
Some of the Kids Against Hunger
The "experienced" (old?) team packages food for KAH.
The kids show the "experienced" team how it's done and run circles around the competition.
Doug even makes deliveries!
The "table of hope". Several people will get to eat today because people who care, volunteered time and money to fill these boxes of food.
Ed shows the KAH placemat he designed for today's fundraiser.
A closeup shot of the placemat, listing business sponsors and Kiwanis volunteers.
Three hard working members of the Hastings Senior High Key Club. They helped train the public at the packaging stations.
Hastings KAH President Chuck, loads supplies to be taken back to the Hastings KAH sattelite.
After a successful demonstration and fundraising effort, volunteers help clean up the building.
Two of the "Kids Against Hunger" helping to clean up.
The cleanup nearly done, we are overjoyed that we were able to package over 5000 meals for KAH today. Way to go Hastings!
The serving line at our KAH fundraiser.
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